“How do we know someone can actually do the job when nearly every candidate now has tools to help them look the part?”

As AI makes it easier to optimize resumes, tailor applications, rehearse interviews, and package a polished professional narrative, recruiters are finding it harder to separate candidates who look qualified from candidates who are qualified.

That question sits at the heart of the shift from proxy signals to skills validation, and it may be one of the most important hiring problems organizations are currently solving for.

In our recent blog, The End of Proxy Hiring: Why Recruiting Now Runs on Proof,